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An Angel at My Table

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Janet Frame grows up in a poor family. She is different than the other kids. She is considered abnormal and locked away in a mental institution for eight years. Everything changes when she starts writing books.

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Director
Jane Campion
Date Made
1990
Country
New Zealand
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